Chaetolopha niphosticha (Turner, 1907)
Dark Forest Carpet
 (previously known as Scordylia niphosticha)
LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Chaetolopha niphosticha
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The Caterpillars of this species are thought to feed on

  • Ferns ( POLYPODIOPHYTA ).

    Chaetolopha niphosticha
    (Photo: courtesy of Olga Schmidt)

    The adult moth is brown, with a white dash near the wingtip, and three white sinuous lines across each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown in the basal half, and darker in the marginal half. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

    The species is found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
    Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 34-35.

    Olga Schmidt,
    A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov.,
    Invertebrate Systematics,
    Volume 16 (2002), pp. 703-733.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 31 (1907), p. 698.

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    (updated 26 February 2013, 30 April 2018 27 March 2021)